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In the Hegemony, ideas are dangerous. They are censored and directed only to those with the intelligence and loyalty to use them appropriately. The AI network carefully cultivates everything; online shopping, entertainment, friend and social groups- all of it done to direct the minds of the Hegemony where it deems them most useful. You, however, have a job where ideas and history are your basic materials. You have access to political treaties, true records of genocides, family bloodlines, and industrial epochs, and the means and vocabulary to express them.
Even in your office and living space; these Hegemonic ideals are apparent from the physical media you keep. Books, one of the most outdated of all inventions, finds a new home here as a way to restrict information. You cannot simply <span class="mu-i">download</span> a data file of a critique of past Supreme Rulers, that could be leaked or shared or copied a billion times and spread to all corners of the J-Net. To the Hegemony, the concept of <span class="mu-i">universal suffrage</span> is the prime evil that caused all of their woes and wars. Not everyone is equal- equal to make decisions that are so vital and important. And part of that is the spread of ideas- idea which evolve like any biological organism. To even allow the proletariat to read and write gives them a power that may be a threat- it is merely too useful for the pawns not to be able to absorb and share information this way, despite the threat it poses.
As a State Philosopher, it is your job to steer the <span class="mu-i">machinery</span> of your Hegemony towards its founding ideals.
You are more harsh in your critique of the Hegemony then most State Philosophers- not in any way that would imply that it is not the greatest form of government ever conceived, as to do that would invite a swift execution. Some would even believe you to not value it- but you do, very much so. <span class="mu-i">You are not a traitor</span>. You believe the Hegemony has a bright future. Its many races fulfilling their roles- Baalathi for deep space exploration and automation, Migrator navigators, Swall intelligence and science, Vetuck for strength and industry and the Hazaar crossbreeds as the glue that holds it all together.
The Hegemony only suffers from one real problem- the Jaxtians.
